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Keywords

Friday, September 18, 2026

Top keywords across all news outlets

Ranked by share of stories: the share of each source's stories that day that mention the keyword, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories, so every outlet counts equally whatever the size of its feed. 20% means one in five stories at a typical outlet. Article counts are shown for context.

Top keywords across all news outlets
117.5%9
216.4%8
35.3%6
44.7%5
54.5%1
64.2%5
74.0%4
83.9%7
93.6%5
103.6%3
113.5%3
123.5%4
133.3%5
143.1%3
153.0%5

Rising today

Keywords whose share of stories jumped most against their average of the previous seven days: breaking stories, even before they top the list. Only keywords in at least 3% of stories today count.

Rising today
KeywordTypeTodayAverage of the previous 7 daysChangeLast 8 days
topic4.5%<0.1%+4.5 pts
topic16.4%12.6%+3.9 pts
person3.5%0.3%+3.2 pts
person4.0%0.9%+3.1 pts
organization3.0%<0.1%+3.0 pts
topic4.7%2.0%+2.6 pts
organization3.5%0.9%+2.6 pts
topic5.3%3.1%+2.2 pts
topic3.1%1.2%+1.9 pts
topic3.6%2.2%+1.4 pts

Two-week trend

Share of stories per day for the top 5 keywords, Sep 5 to Sep 18, all sources.

Rankings by day

How the top 20 keywords of Sep 5 to Sep 18 ranked against each other each day by share of stories, top 10 per day. A line breaks where a keyword fell out of them. Click a line to open the keyword.

Sep 6Sep 8Sep 10Sep 12Sep 14Sep 16Sep 18China: #6, 5.4% of stories, Sep 7China: #8, 6.2% of stories, Sep 13China: #10, 4.6% of stories, Sep 16China: #7, 5.4% of stories, Sep 17death: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 7death: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 8death: #8, 4.3% of stories, Sep 10death: #9, 3.7% of stories, Sep 13death: #6, 5.9% of stories, Sep 16lawsuit: #8, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5lawsuit: #5, 6.4% of stories, Sep 6lawsuit: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 9lawsuit: #6, 3.6% of stories, Sep 12lawsuit: #6, 8.1% of stories, Sep 14lawsuit: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 15lawsuit: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 16lawsuitIsrael: #4, 4.7% of stories, Sep 12Israel: #8, 4.8% of stories, Sep 14Israel: #4, 6.5% of stories, Sep 16Supreme Court: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 5Supreme Court: #7, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6Supreme Court: #4, 7.4% of stories, Sep 13Supreme Court: #9, 4.5% of stories, Sep 14Supreme Court: #5, 6.9% of stories, Sep 15Supreme CourtIran war: #6, 4.8% of stories, Sep 5Iran war: #9, 4.5% of stories, Sep 6Iran war: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 7Iran war: #8, 4.2% of stories, Sep 9Iran war: #9, 4.3% of stories, Sep 10Iran war: #7, 6.7% of stories, Sep 13Iran war: #10, 4.2% of stories, Sep 14Iran war: #4, 7.1% of stories, Sep 17Iran war9/11 attacks: #7, 5.0% of stories, Sep 89/11 attacks: #3, 11.3% of stories, Sep 11Iran: #5, 4.9% of stories, Sep 5Iran: #10, 3.8% of stories, Sep 6Iran: #4, 5.7% of stories, Sep 7Iran: #10, 2.8% of stories, Sep 11Iran: #5, 4.4% of stories, Sep 12Iran: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 13Iran: #10, 4.0% of stories, Sep 17IranSeptember 11 attacks: #5, 5.7% of stories, Sep 10September 11 attacks: #2, 14.8% of stories, Sep 11election: #2, 12.1% of stories, Sep 6election: #3, 7.7% of stories, Sep 7election: #6, 5.2% of stories, Sep 8election: #5, 8.2% of stories, Sep 9election: #7, 4.4% of stories, Sep 10election: #4, 8.6% of stories, Sep 14election: #4, 7.3% of stories, Sep 15election: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 16midterm election: #2, 9.3% of stories, Sep 5midterm election: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 6midterm election: #8, 5.0% of stories, Sep 7midterm election: #5, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8midterm election: #3, 10.8% of stories, Sep 9midterm election: #3, 11.0% of stories, Sep 10midterm election: #6, 8.0% of stories, Sep 11midterm election: #5, 7.0% of stories, Sep 13midterm election: #2, 11.2% of stories, Sep 15midterm election: #9, 5.0% of stories, Sep 17midterm election: #10, 2.6% of stories, Sep 18midterm election10. midterm electionRepublican Party: #3, 9.3% of stories, Sep 5Republican Party: #10, 3.9% of stories, Sep 7Republican Party: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 8Republican Party: #2, 11.1% of stories, Sep 9Republican Party: #2, 15.2% of stories, Sep 10Republican Party: #5, 8.6% of stories, Sep 11Republican Party: #9, 3.2% of stories, Sep 12Republican Party: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 13Republican Party: #7, 6.8% of stories, Sep 14Republican Party: #8, 4.9% of stories, Sep 15Republican Party: #5, 6.6% of stories, Sep 17Republican Party: #9, 2.9% of stories, Sep 18Republican Party9. Republican PartyTrump administration: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 5Trump administration: #4, 5.4% of stories, Sep 8Trump administration: #8, 4.7% of stories, Sep 11Trump administration: #5, 8.5% of stories, Sep 14Trump administration: #9, 4.5% of stories, Sep 15Trump administration: #8, 3.3% of stories, Sep 18Trump administration8. Trump administrationpolitics: #9, 3.9% of stories, Sep 9politics: #8, 3.4% of stories, Sep 12politics: #8, 5.1% of stories, Sep 17politics: #7, 3.6% of stories, Sep 187. politicsUnited States: #3, 8.2% of stories, Sep 6United States: #1, 13.1% of stories, Sep 7United States: #2, 10.4% of stories, Sep 8United States: #6, 7.0% of stories, Sep 9United States: #6, 4.5% of stories, Sep 10United States: #7, 5.2% of stories, Sep 11United States: #7, 3.5% of stories, Sep 12United States: #6, 6.7% of stories, Sep 13United States: #6, 5.5% of stories, Sep 15United States: #3, 7.5% of stories, Sep 16United States: #3, 9.2% of stories, Sep 17United States: #6, 3.6% of stories, Sep 186. United StatesDemocratic Party: #7, 4.5% of stories, Sep 5Democratic Party: #6, 6.2% of stories, Sep 6Democratic Party: #9, 4.2% of stories, Sep 8Democratic Party: #10, 3.1% of stories, Sep 12Democratic Party: #3, 9.0% of stories, Sep 14Democratic Party: #7, 5.3% of stories, Sep 15Democratic Party: #5, 6.0% of stories, Sep 16Democratic Party: #6, 6.3% of stories, Sep 17Democratic Party: #5, 3.9% of stories, Sep 18Democratic Party5. Democratic Partyhealth care: #10, 3.6% of stories, Sep 10health care: #4, 4.7% of stories, Sep 184. health careAI safety: #7, 4.5% of stories, Sep 9AI safety: #9, 3.0% of stories, Sep 11AI safety: #3, 6.2% of stories, Sep 12AI safety: #9, 4.6% of stories, Sep 16AI safety: #3, 5.3% of stories, Sep 183. AI safetyartificial intelligence: #4, 7.6% of stories, Sep 5artificial intelligence: #4, 7.1% of stories, Sep 6artificial intelligence: #5, 5.5% of stories, Sep 7artificial intelligence: #3, 9.6% of stories, Sep 8artificial intelligence: #4, 9.7% of stories, Sep 9artificial intelligence: #4, 10.7% of stories, Sep 10artificial intelligence: #4, 8.9% of stories, Sep 11artificial intelligence: #2, 7.1% of stories, Sep 12artificial intelligence: #2, 9.6% of stories, Sep 13artificial intelligence: #1, 20.0% of stories, Sep 14artificial intelligence: #3, 9.2% of stories, Sep 15artificial intelligence: #1, 17.9% of stories, Sep 16artificial intelligence: #2, 15.3% of stories, Sep 17artificial intelligence: #2, 16.4% of stories, Sep 18artificial intelligence2. artificial intelligenceDonald Trump: #1, 24.6% of stories, Sep 5Donald Trump: #1, 13.2% of stories, Sep 6Donald Trump: #2, 12.6% of stories, Sep 7Donald Trump: #1, 15.4% of stories, Sep 8Donald Trump: #1, 15.3% of stories, Sep 9Donald Trump: #1, 18.0% of stories, Sep 10Donald Trump: #1, 17.2% of stories, Sep 11Donald Trump: #1, 16.1% of stories, Sep 12Donald Trump: #1, 24.0% of stories, Sep 13Donald Trump: #2, 18.5% of stories, Sep 14Donald Trump: #1, 25.6% of stories, Sep 15Donald Trump: #2, 16.9% of stories, Sep 16Donald Trump: #1, 26.8% of stories, Sep 17Donald Trump: #1, 17.5% of stories, Sep 18Donald Trump1. 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Story timeline

The top 20 keywords of Sep 5 to Sep 18, shaded by their share of stories each day and ordered by the day they peaked, so stories read from top left to bottom right as they rise and fade.

Hover a row to split its cells by outlet lean:leftcenterright

Blindspots

Top keywords of the day that one side covered far more: in at least 5% of stories at outlets of one lean and at most a third of that at the other. Left-leaning are 15 of our sources, right-leaning 15.

Mostly left-leaning outlets

  • 24.2% vs 1.5%
  • 8.9% vs 0.0%
  • 8.3% vs 0.0%
  • 5.1% vs 0.0%
  • 5.3% vs 0.5%

Mostly right-leaning outlets

  • 9.9% vs 0.0%
  • 7.7% vs 1.3%
  • 6.3% vs 0.0%
  • 6.3% vs 0.0%
  • 6.4% vs 1.3%

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Who covers what

The day's top keywords by source: each dot is the share of the source's stories that mention the keyword, colored by the source's lean. Sources with fewer than 3 stories are left out. Click a dot to open the keyword.

Source lean:leftcenterright

Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.

By source

Each source's top keywords by the share of its stories that mention them.